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belles_bookishlife 's review for:
Harriet the Spy
by Louise Fitzhugh
I had to read this for a childrens lit class so let’s get to it.
I don’t understand how this is a popular childrens lit book? As a neurodivergent person I’m taking the people defending this book as largely offensive lmao.
This is a girl who find joy in other peoples pain, has no empathy and doesn’t learn it (shallow apologies), mistreats her family, and end up physically abusing some of her classmates.
This book had no redeeming qualities for me. Had she learnt her lesson and apologized truly to those she hurt, my rating would be completely different. If we had gotten more proof on page that maybe she is just neurodivergent and not malevolent for the sake of it, that would also be a different story.
As it stands, this was painful to read
I don’t understand how this is a popular childrens lit book? As a neurodivergent person I’m taking the people defending this book as largely offensive lmao.
This is a girl who find joy in other peoples pain, has no empathy and doesn’t learn it (shallow apologies), mistreats her family, and end up physically abusing some of her classmates.
This book had no redeeming qualities for me. Had she learnt her lesson and apologized truly to those she hurt, my rating would be completely different. If we had gotten more proof on page that maybe she is just neurodivergent and not malevolent for the sake of it, that would also be a different story.
As it stands, this was painful to read